Speeding up Firefox

[mike]

Here is a tweak that speeds up Firefox displaying some web sites

You'll need to create a "user.js" file. Go to your Firefox settings directory (frex: ~/.phoenix/default/RandomLetters.xlt") This directoryshould contain the "prefs.js" file. Create a new file there and call it "user.js".

Edit "user.js" to include the following lines:


user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 100);
// Instead of download progress windows, use the Sidebar:
user_pref("browser.download.openSidebar", true);
user_pref("browser.download.useProgressDialogs", false);

Save the file and restart Firefox.

Mike

[genci]

Originally posted by mike
Here is a tweak that speeds up Firefox displaying some web sitesDo you mind explaining briefly how that tweak works and on what sort of sites you would notice the improvement.

Thanks :)

[mike]

Originally posted by genci
Do you mind explaining briefly how that tweak works and on what sort of sites you would notice the improvement.

It takes advantage of pipelining (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/netlib/http/pipelining-faq.html) if installed on a web server.

Mike

[redhat71]

Originally posted by mike

user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 100);


i've seen a discussion on the mozilla forum before about this "max"
iirc, it suggests that any number bigger than 8 is useless and sometimes might slow it down
2 or 4 is prefered

[redhat71]

Originally posted by genci
Do you mind explaining briefly how that tweak works

Thanks :)

fyi, there's a list of almost all the Mozilla preferences with brief descriptions:

http://preferential.mozdev.org/preferences.html

[genci]

Thanks Mike and redhat71 for those links :)

I just like to know the why's of things rather than following blindly, learn more that way :)

[nathannutter]

Pipelining
http://texturizer.net/firefox/tips.html#oth_pipelining

Initial Paint
http://texturizer.net/firefox/tips.html#oth_rendering